OR11, University of Texas, Austin 8th – 10th June 2011

Emily Nimmo

A National Model for Training and Skills Development

Overview of RSP and our context

How RSP and the UK repository community have matured together

Skills set of the UK repository community

Training needs of the UK repository community

and finally

The Embedding Guide

The RSP Offers…

On site support• Institutional visits – free, impartial consultancy from a team of

experts

Enquiry service - support@rsp.ac.uk - 0845 257 6860

Website Resources• Briefing papers (technical & procedural)• RSP Wiki pages• Resource bank of links and references (publications etc)

Buddy SchemeConference events and workshops

The team...

36 one day conferences

5 Residential Schools

1,147 delegates

From 226 institutions

85 consultancy visits

Valued by the community

“This event is possibly the best you have put on - and the standard is already very high!”

“This has to have been one of the best work-related courses I've attended. Not only do I feel that I have taken on board an enormous amount of information that is directly relevant to my job - and intellectually stimulating to boot - but I feel I have made contact with a supportive network of colleagues. All this, perfectly organised, and a faultless, fabulous environment, too. Outstanding. Thank you!”

Overall feedback for Phase Two

100% of attendees rated our events in phase 2 as Very Good or Good.

• 69% of attendees in phase 2 rated our events as Very Good

• 31% of all attendees rated our events as Good

The Repositories Support Project

Initially a 2.5-year JISC-funded project• September 2006 – March 2009• Lead Institution – University of Nottingham• Partner Institutions – University of Southampton,

Aberystwyth University, Digital Curation Centre (University of Edinburgh), UKOLN (University of Bath)

Second Phase – April 2009 – March 2012• University of Nottingham• Team of four – Project Director, Project Co-ordinator,

two Open Access Advisers

Context - Growth in UK repositories

“It’s interesting to see how the content of RSP training and events has evolved as the repository community has matured in the UK. I came along to the Winter School as a speaker but didn’t expect that I’d learn anything new. In fact, it’s been really valuable and stimulating and I’ve learned a lot”

William Nixon, University of Glasgow, Speaker at the Winter School, 9th – 11th February 2011.

Summer School 2007

Introduction to repository software

Demonstration of Eprints and Dspace

Making a business case

Copyright and Licensing – using RoMEO

Introduction to metadata

Advocacy and marketing

Winter School February 2011

Managing data – British Library Datasets Programme, a case study using the Data Assets Framework

Master class on integrating the repository into the institution's policies, culture and systems

The CERIF standard

Repository Junction

Demonstrating value – performance measures

Backgrounds of UK staff

95% have first degree

74% have a post grad qualification

Context – changing role of librarians

“They are no longer passive receivers of information but active disseminators of intellectual output for entire universities”

Walters, T.O. (2007). Reinventing the library – How repositories are causing librarians to rethink their professional roles. Portal: Libraries and the Academy, 7(2). http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/portal_libraries_and_the_academy/v007/7.2walters.html

Skills

RSP Embedding Guide and Self Assessment Toolkit

Mark Hunterhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/toolstop/5330227632/

Emily Nimmo

Emily.nimmo@nottingham.ac.uk